Mario, High Priest, others Excite Fun lovers at Pepsi co-sponsored Corporate Elite 2014

Mario and High Priest

There was no dull moment for fun lovers who kept vigil on Sunday at Eko Hotel and Suite to witness   the Corporate Elite 2014, one of the biggest concerts in Africa. The event which brought together the best of musical stars in Nigeria and other part of the world such as Mario, High Priest, Sound Sultan, Bankky W etc.  was supported by Pepsi.

Jeffry and Immaculate set the stage for Omoaki who stormed the stage with beautiful tunes such as Suretete and Talosobe. The audience were yet to recover from Omoaki when JJC, the true African artist took the stage by storm with his popular tune, "We Are African".

Lami Phillips, an African female song writer and singer, caught attention of everyone with her sparkling black net dress and white shoe the moment she stepped on stage. She lived up to expectation with beautiful presentations from her award winning album, Intuition.

Multitalented Nigerian artist, Sound Sultanwho is regarded as one of the pacesetters of modern hip hop music in Nigeria received a warm welcome by the audience; Sultan who was dressed in a smart suit with a cow boy cap on his head rocked the audience with his Mathematic among others. He left the stage by removing his Cow Boy cap as a sign of respect for the audience.

Sound sultan

Praise, one of Nigerian finest knew exactly what audience wanted when he mounted the stage in arches blazer suite and they got that in his highly motivating songs, Rich and Famous  and Mercy which they responded to by dancing and singing along. They were yet to recover from Praise when Bankky W stormed the stage to take the audience on another journey of fun and excitement with some of his best tune including Ma Jaye Orimi. The audience especially the ladies were not for once tired of him as they kept asking for more. 

Bankky W

Don Jazi, Praise and others took the event to the climax when they sang their popular Nigerian tune, Dorobushi and it was as if it should not end. But the New York artist, Freddie Jackson was good enough to maintain the temple. When Mario came on stage he immediately brought all the ladies to their feet who went on singing and dancing along with him.
Other artists: High Priest, Dudu, KCee and Sir China Peter where not left out in the event that will be remembered in the years to come.

Praiz

The Head of Marketing, Seven-Up Bottling Company, Norden Thurston described the event as one of the biggest concerts in Africa, with inflow of both local and international artists annually. He said Pepsi as a big brand will continue to support relevant events that are capable of igniting   the passions of its teeming consumers in the area of entertainment and sport.

L-R: Sound Sultan, CEO of Upfront and Personal, Paul Okoye, Tuface Innocent Idibia, Head of Marketing, Norden Thurston and Raul Sawhney, at the Pepsi co-sponsored Corporate Elite that took place on Sunday November 23, in Lagos.